@Jaxonpool • Alex Maxwell, EL VY • Tuesday, March 22, 2016, Issue 576 •
GOP warns America the “vote” was merely advisory, from Uncyclopedia, March 21 ⇓
“HOOPLE, North Dakota — Republicans should abandon the notion that their votes for President will matter, according to Curly Haugland, a convention delegate from North Dakota who is not bound to vote for anyone in particular. ‘The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nominee,’ he said. In fact, the convention makes the choice. But he said it was nice that voters read all those postcards, got up from dinner to listen to robo-dialed recordings, drove to the polls, and stood in line….” Continue reading
Music from August’s List: Alex Maxwell, EL VY, Sturgill Simpson, Vök, Axel Flóvent, Shock Machine, Suede, ⇓
August’s List: Music videos uploaded within the previous two weeks. This site fundraises for the DLC Nurse & Learn in Murray Hill. Watch & listen
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a muddled war comedy with moments of brilliance amidst its own uncertainty.” (March 9). Panned Review, by Jacob Lusk. Film reviews by a Jacksonville movie-reviewing fiend and English teacher. Read
New: “To Lobster Boy from Drunken Frankenstein” (March 20). Smart Ass Cripple, by Mike Ervin. Expressing pain through sarcasm since 2010. Voted the World’s Biggest Smart Ass by J.D. Power and Associates. Read
New: “Staycation” (March 21). Calvin’s Story, by Christy Shake. Epilepsy & beyond: a mother’s journal. A mother’s journal of the anguish, grief, joy, and triumph shared with her chronically ill son. Christy and Calvin live in Maine. Read
New: “Goodbye to Mickey” (March 21). Maggie World, by Sally Coghlan McDonald. Normalizing the abnormal. Read
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New: “How the Silver Screen Tarnishes Disability” (March 20) On the Blink, by Emily Michael. Considering how my light is spent. Blog posts, music reviews, and published articles from a blind writer, musician, and Jacksonville English instructor. Read
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What Happens, by Tiffany Melanson, is currently available at Eat Words and on iTunes. It is part of a series of audio chapbooks focusing on northeast Florida poets. Read more about the series here. Your purchases through iTunes make future albums in the EAT series possible. This one was made possible in part by the support of the English Department of the University of North Florida. Contact: Mark Ari <mari@unf.edu>
The Talon Review: Clawing at Craft (Fall, 2015). Stories and poems by Katie Cavanaugh, Alice Shinkos, Leonard Owens III,Jacquelyn Meisburg, Phillip Wenturine, Alonzo Byas, Richard Sell, Trevor Walsh, Gina Olson, Catherine Tatem, Stuart Dybek / Tyler Norris, Cassie Hottenstein, Sarah Boyko, Andres Fernandez-Morrell; The Talon Review
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Mudlark, edited by Dr. William Slaughter. This is an electronic journal of poetry and poetics. Dr. Slaughter is Professor Emeritus of UNF’s English department. Read
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